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AB68-SSA1,815,2120 103.10 (3) (a) 2m. In a 12-month period no employee may take more than 2
21weeks of family leave for the reasons specified under par. (b) 6.
AB68-SSA1,1679 22Section 1679 . 103.10 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,815,2523 103.10 (3) (b) 3. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner, or
24parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner, or
25parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling has a serious health condition.
AB68-SSA1,1680
1Section 1680. 103.10 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,816,52 103.10 (3) (b) 4. Because of any qualifying exigency, as determined by the
3department by rule, arising out of the fact that the spouse, child, domestic partner,
4parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active duty
5or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty.
AB68-SSA1,1681 6Section 1681 . 103.10 (3) (b) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,816,107 103.10 (3) (b) 4m. For family caregiving for the employee's child, spouse,
8domestic partner, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild, if the child, spouse,
9domestic partner, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild has a chronic
10condition.
AB68-SSA1,1682 11Section 1682 . 103.10 (3) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,816,1412 103.10 (3) (b) 5. Because a child care center, child care provider, or school that
13the employee's child, grandchild, or sibling attends is experiencing an unforeseen or
14unexpected short-term closure.
AB68-SSA1,1683 15Section 1683 . 103.10 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,816,1816 103.10 (3) (b) 6. To care for the employee's child, spouse, domestic partner,
17parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, if the child, spouse, domestic partner,
18parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling is in medical isolation.
AB68-SSA1,1684 19Section 1684 . 103.10 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,816,2320 103.10 (4) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), an employee who is in medical
21isolation or
has a serious health condition which makes the employee unable to
22perform his or her employment duties may take medical leave for the period during
23which he or she is unable to perform those duties.
AB68-SSA1,1685 24Section 1685 . 103.10 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,817,5
1103.10 (6) (b) If an employee intends to take family leave because of the
2planned medical treatment or, supervision, or family caregiving of a child, spouse,
3domestic partner, sibling, or parent, grandparent, or grandchild, or intends to take
4medical leave because of the planned medical treatment or supervision of the
5employee, the employee shall do all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,817,96 1. Make a reasonable effort to schedule the medical treatment or, supervision,
7or family caregiving
so that it does not unduly disrupt the employer's operations,
8subject to the approval of the health care provider of the child, spouse, domestic
9partner, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or employee.
AB68-SSA1,817,1110 2. Give the employer advance notice of the medical treatment or, supervision,
11or family caregiving
in a reasonable and practicable manner.
AB68-SSA1,1686 12Section 1686 . 103.10 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,817,1713 103.10 (6) (c) If the employee intends to take family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4.
14that is foreseeable because the spouse, child, domestic partner, parent, grandparent,
15grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on covered active duty or has been notified
16of an impending call or order to covered active duty, the employee shall provide notice
17of that intention to the employer in a reasonable and practicable manner.
AB68-SSA1,1687 18Section 1687 . 103.10 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,817,2419 103.10 (7) (a) If an employee requests family leave for a reason described in sub.
20(3) (b) 3. or 4m. or requests medical leave due to a serious health condition, the
21employer may require the employee to provide certification, as described in par. (b),
22issued by the health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child,
23spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or employee,
24whichever is appropriate.
AB68-SSA1,1688 25Section 1688 . 103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,818,2
1103.10 (7) (b) (intro.) No employer may require certification under this
2paragraph
stating more than the following:
AB68-SSA1,1689 3Section 1689 . 103.10 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,818,64 103.10 (7) (b) 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent,
5grandparent, grandchild, or employee has a serious health condition or a chronic
6condition
.
AB68-SSA1,1690 7Section 1690 . 103.10 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,818,98 103.10 (7) (b) 2. The date the serious health condition or chronic condition
9commenced and its probable duration.
AB68-SSA1,1691 10Section 1691 . 103.10 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,818,1311 103.10 (7) (b) 3. Within the knowledge of the health care provider or Christian
12Science practitioner, the medical facts regarding the serious health condition or
13chronic condition
.
AB68-SSA1,1692 14Section 1692 . 103.10 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,818,2115 103.10 (7) (d) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 4., the
16employer may require the employee to provide certification that the spouse, child,
17domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee is on
18covered active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered
19active duty issued at such time and in such manner as the department may prescribe
20by rule, and the employee shall provide a copy of that certification to the employer
21in a timely manner.
AB68-SSA1,1693 22Section 1693 . 103.10 (7) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,819,223 103.10 (7) (e) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 5., the
24employer may require the employee to provide certification that the child care center,
25child care provider, or school that the employee's child attends is experiencing an

1unforeseen or unexpected short-term closure. The department may prescribe by
2rule the form and content of the certification.
AB68-SSA1,1694 3Section 1694 . 103.10 (7) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,819,124 103.10 (7) (f) If an employee requests family leave under sub. (3) (b) 6., or
5medical leave due to medical isolation, the employer may require the employee to
6provide certification issued by a local public health official, the department of health
7services, or a health care provider or Christian Science practitioner of the child,
8spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee,
9whichever is appropriate, except that no employer may require certification under
10this paragraph if the sole reason for the medical isolation is due to the employer's
11request under sub. (1) (em) 3. No employer may require certification under this
12paragraph stating more than the following:
AB68-SSA1,819,1413 1. That the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild,
14sibling, or employee is is medical isolation.
AB68-SSA1,819,1515 2. The date the medical isolation commenced and its probable duration.
AB68-SSA1,1695 16Section 1695 . 103.10 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,819,2217 103.10 (10) Alternative employment. Nothing in this section prohibits an
18employer and an employee with a serious health condition or in medical isolation
19from mutually agreeing to alternative employment for the employee while the
20serious health condition or medical isolation lasts. No period of alternative
21employment, with the same employer, reduces the employee's right to family leave
22or medical leave.
AB68-SSA1,1696 23Section 1696 . 103.10 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,820,824 103.10 (12) (b) An employee who believes his or her employer has violated sub.
25(11) (a) or (b) may, within 30 300 days after the violation occurs or the employee

1should reasonably have known that the violation occurred, whichever is later, file a
2complaint with the department alleging the violation. Except as provided in s.
3230.45 (1m), the department shall investigate the complaint and shall attempt to
4resolve the complaint by conference, conciliation or persuasion. If the complaint is
5not resolved and the department finds probable cause to believe a violation has
6occurred, the department shall proceed with notice and a hearing on the complaint
7as provided in ch. 227. The hearing shall be held within 60 days after the department
8receives the complaint.
AB68-SSA1,1697 9Section 1697 . 103.10 (12) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,820,1610 103.10 (12) (c) If 2 or more health care providers disagree about any of the
11information required to be certified under sub. (7) (b), the department may appoint
12another health care provider to examine the child, spouse, domestic partner, parent,
13grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or employee and render an opinion as soon as
14possible. The department shall promptly notify the employee and the employer of
15the appointment. The employer and the employee shall each pay 50 percent of the
16cost of the examination and opinion.
AB68-SSA1,1698 17Section 1698 . 103.10 (14) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 103.10 (14).
AB68-SSA1,1699 18Section 1699 . 103.10 (14) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1700 19Section 1700. 103.12 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1701 20Section 1701. 103.155 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,821,2 21103.155 Public service loan forgiveness program information. All
22public employers, including a local unit of government, school district, sewer district,
23drainage district, long-term care district, and other public or quasi-public
24corporations, in the state shall provide to their employees the information collected

1under s. 224.30 (6) regarding public service loan forgiveness programs. An employer
2may provide the information electronically or by other means.
AB68-SSA1,1702 3Section 1702 . 103.165 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,821,54 103.165 (3) (a) 3. The decedent's father or mother parent or parents if the
5decedent leaves no surviving spouse, domestic partner under ch. 770, or children.
AB68-SSA1,1703 6Section 1703. 103.36 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1704 7Section 1704 . 103.49 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,821,8 8103.49 Wage rate on state work. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB68-SSA1,821,179 (a) “Area" means the county in which a proposed project of public works that
10is subject to this section is located or, if the department determines that there is
11insufficient wage data in that county, “area" means those counties that are
12contiguous to that county or, if the department determines that there is insufficient
13wage data in those counties, “area" means those counties that are contiguous to those
14counties or, if the department determines that there is insufficient wage data in those
15counties, “area" means the entire state or, if the department is requested to review
16a determination under sub. (3) (c), “area" means the city, village, or town in which
17a proposed project of public works that is subject to this section is located.
AB68-SSA1,821,2318 (am) “Bona fide economic benefit" means an economic benefit for which an
19employer makes irrevocable contributions to a trust or fund created under 29 USC
20186
(c) or to any other bona fide plan, trust, program, or fund no less often than
21quarterly or, if an employer makes annual contributions to such a bona fide plan,
22trust, program, or fund, for which the employer irrevocably escrows moneys at least
23quarterly based on the employer's expected annual contribution.
AB68-SSA1,822,224 (b) “Hourly basic rate of pay" means the hourly wage paid to any employee,
25excluding any contributions or payments for health insurance benefits, vacation

1benefits, pension benefits, and any other bona fide economic benefits, whether paid
2directly or indirectly.
AB68-SSA1,822,53 (bg) “Insufficient wage data" means less than 500 hours of work performed in
4a particular trade or occupation on projects that are similar to a proposed project of
5public works that is subject to this section.
AB68-SSA1,822,116 (bj) “Minor service or maintenance work" means a project of public works that
7is limited to minor crack filling, chip or slurry sealing, or other minor pavement
8patching, not including overlays, that has a projected life span of no longer than 5
9years; cleaning of drainage or sewer ditches or structures; or any other limited, minor
10work on public facilities or equipment that is routinely performed to prevent
11breakdown or deterioration.
AB68-SSA1,822,1412 (br) “Multiple-trade project of public works" means a project of public works
13in which no single trade accounts for 85 percent or more of the total labor cost of the
14project.
AB68-SSA1,822,1715 (c) “Prevailing hours of labor" for any trade or occupation in any area means
1610 hours per day and 40 hours per week and may not include any hours worked on
17a Saturday or Sunday or on any of the following holidays:
AB68-SSA1,822,1818 1. January 1.
AB68-SSA1,822,1919 2. The last Monday in May.
AB68-SSA1,822,2020 3. July 4.
AB68-SSA1,822,2121 4. The first Monday in September.
AB68-SSA1,822,2222 5. The 4th Thursday in November.
AB68-SSA1,822,2323 6. December 25.
AB68-SSA1,822,2424 7. The day before if January 1, July 4, or December 25 falls on a Saturday.
AB68-SSA1,822,2525 8. The day following if January 1, July 4, or December 25 falls on a Sunday.
AB68-SSA1,823,6
1(d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., “prevailing wage rate" for any trade or
2occupation engaged in the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or
3demolition of any project of public works in any area means the hourly basic rate of
4pay, plus the hourly contribution for health insurance benefits, vacation benefits,
5pension benefits, and any other bona fide economic benefit, paid directly or indirectly
6for a majority of the hours worked in the trade or occupation on projects in the area.
AB68-SSA1,823,167 2. If there is no rate at which a majority of the hours worked in the trade or
8occupation on projects in the area is paid, “prevailing wage rate" for any trade or
9occupation engaged in the erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or
10demolition of any project of public works in any area means the average hourly basic
11rate of pay, weighted by the number of hours worked, plus the average hourly
12contribution, weighted by the number of hours worked, for health insurance benefits,
13vacation benefits, pension benefits, and any other bona fide economic benefit, paid
14directly or indirectly for all hours worked at the hourly basic rate of pay of the
15highest-paid 51 percent of hours worked in that trade or occupation on projects in
16that area.
AB68-SSA1,823,1917 (em) “Single-trade project of public works" means a project of public works in
18which a single trade accounts for 85 percent or more of the total labor cost of the
19project.
AB68-SSA1,823,2520 (f) “State agency" means any office, department, independent agency,
21institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state
22government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law,
23including the legislature and the courts. “State agency" also includes the University
24of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System
25Authority, and the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
AB68-SSA1,824,5
1(fm) “Supply and installation contract" means a contract under which the
2material is installed by the supplier, the material is installed by means of simple
3fasteners or connectors such as screws or nuts and bolts, and no other work is
4performed on the site of the project of public works, and the total labor cost to install
5the material does not exceed 20 percent of the total cost of the contract.
AB68-SSA1,824,66 (g) “Truck driver" includes an owner-operator of a truck.
AB68-SSA1,824,9 7(1m) Applicability. Subject to sub. (3g), this section applies to any project of
8public works erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished for the state
9or a state agency, including all of the following:
AB68-SSA1,824,1210 (a) A project erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished by one
11state agency for another state agency under any contract or under any statute
12specifically authorizing cooperation between state agencies.
AB68-SSA1,824,1613 (b) A project in which the completed facility is leased, purchased, lease
14purchased, or otherwise acquired by, or dedicated to, the state in lieu of the state or
15a state agency contracting for the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or
16demolition of the facility.
AB68-SSA1,824,1917 (c) A sanitary sewer or water main project in which the completed sanitary
18sewer or water main is acquired by, or dedicated to, the state for ownership or
19maintenance by the state.
AB68-SSA1,825,16 20(2) Prevailing wage rates and hours of labor. Any contract made for the
21erection, construction, remodeling, repairing, or demolition of any project of public
22works to which the state or any state agency is a party shall contain a stipulation that
23no individual performing the work described in sub. (2m) may be allowed to work a
24greater number of hours per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor,
25except that any such individual may be allowed or required to work more than such

1prevailing hours of labor per day and per week if he or she is paid for all hours worked
2in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times his or her hourly
3basic rate of pay; nor may he or she be paid less than the prevailing wage rate
4determined under sub. (3) in the same or most similar trade or occupation in the area
5in which the project of public works is situated. The notice published for the purpose
6of securing bids for the project must contain a reference to the prevailing wage rates
7determined under sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor. Except as otherwise
8provided in this subsection, if any contract or subcontract for a project of public works
9that is subject to this section is entered into, the prevailing wage rates determined
10under sub. (3) and the prevailing hours of labor shall be physically incorporated into
11and made a part of the contract or subcontract. For a minor subcontract, as
12determined by the department, the department shall prescribe by rule the method
13of notifying the minor subcontractor of the prevailing wage rates and prevailing
14hours of labor applicable to the minor subcontract. The prevailing wage rates and
15prevailing hours of labor applicable to a contract or subcontract may not be changed
16during the time that the contract or subcontract is in force.
AB68-SSA1,825,22 17(2m) Covered employees. (a) Subject to par. (b), any person subject to this
18section shall pay all of the following employees the prevailing wage rate determined
19under sub. (3) and may not allow such employees to work a greater number of hours
20per day or per week than the prevailing hours of labor, unless the person pays for all
21hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor at a rate of at least 1.5 times
22the employees' hourly basic rate of pay:
AB68-SSA1,825,2423 1. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of
24a project of public works that is subject to this section.
AB68-SSA1,826,6
12. All laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed in the
2manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies, or equipment on the site
3of a project of public works that is subject to this section or from a facility dedicated
4exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to this section by
5a contractor, subcontractor, agent, or other person performing any work on the site
6of the project.
AB68-SSA1,826,147 (b) A laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver who is employed to process,
8manufacture, pick up, or deliver materials or products from a commercial
9establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment
10supplies processed or manufactured materials or products or from a facility that is
11not dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to a project of public works that is subject to
12this section is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate determined under sub.
13(3) or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours
14worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor unless any of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,826,1915 1. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the source
16of mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel, or stone and deliver that mineral
17aggregate to the site of a project of public works that is subject to this section by
18depositing the material directly in final place, from the transporting vehicle or
19through spreaders from the transporting vehicle.
AB68-SSA1,826,2320 2. The laborer, worker, mechanic, or truck driver is employed to go to the site
21of a project that is subject to this section, pick up excavated material or spoil from
22the site of the project of public works, and transport that excavated material or spoil
23away from the site of the project.
AB68-SSA1,827,3
1(c) A person that is subject to this section shall pay a truck driver who is an
2owner-operator of a truck separately for his or her work and for the use of his or her
3truck.
AB68-SSA1,827,19 4(3) Investigation; determination. (a) Before a state agency issues a request
5for bids for any work to which this section applies, the state agency having the
6authority to prescribe the specifications shall apply to the department to determine
7the prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation required in the work under
8contemplation in the area in which the work is to be done. The department shall
9conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary to define the trades or
10occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are subject to this section
11and to inform itself of the prevailing wage rates in all areas of the state for those
12trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage rate for each trade
13or occupation. The department shall issue its determination within 30 days after
14receiving the request and shall file the determination with the requesting state
15agency. A state agency that has contracted for a project of public works subject to this
16section shall post the prevailing wage rates determined by the department, the
17prevailing hours of labor, and the provisions of subs. (2) and (6m) in at least one
18conspicuous place on the site of the project that is easily accessible by employees
19working on the project.
AB68-SSA1,828,220 (am) The department shall, by January 1 of each year, compile the prevailing
21wage rates for each trade or occupation in each area. The compilation shall, in
22addition to the current prevailing wage rates, include future prevailing wage rates
23when those prevailing wage rates can be determined for any trade or occupation in
24any area and shall specify the effective date of those future prevailing wage rates.

1If a project of public works extends into more than one area, the department shall
2determine only one standard of prevailing wage rates for the entire project.
AB68-SSA1,828,113 (ar) In determining prevailing wage rates under par. (a) or (am), the
4department may not use data from projects that are subject to this section, s. 66.0903,
5103.50, or 229.8275, or 40 USC 3142 unless the department determines that there
6is insufficient wage data in the area to determine those prevailing wage rates, in
7which case the department may use data from projects that are subject to this
8section, s. 66.0903, 103.50, or 229.8275, or 40 USC 3142. In determining prevailing
9wage rates under par. (a) or (am), the department may not use data from any
10construction work performed by a state agency or a local governmental unit, as
11defined in s. 66.0903 (1) (d).
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